Some collections arrive fully formed and stay exactly the same for years. Aya is not one of those collections. Aya has always behaved more like a living conversation than a finished set of objects. Pieces appear, the language expands, materials start talking to each other in new ways, and before you know it the collection has grown again. The Aya Collection first stepped onto the international stage at the Dak’Art Biennale de l’Art Africain Contemporain, introducing a body of

As TheUrbanative approaches its tenth year, we have been returning to our archive with curiosity. Familiar pieces were revisited through colour, new materials and evolving craft techniques, revealing how even the smallest shift can open an entirely new chapter in a design’s story. Reimagining connects the past, grounds the present and shapes the future. At least that is how things have been unfolding in the studio lately. During this year's Cape Town Furniture Week, inside th

Design in our studio rarely arrives quietly. It tends to show up after a long period of poking, questioning, pulling things apart and asking the same irritating question again and again: what happens if we try it this way instead? The newly launched Wadi Screen is the result of that ongoing interrogation at TheUrbanative. If you follow our work you might remember the earlier Nasara Screens, which explored steel and cord weaving. Those pieces set the foundation. The Wadi Scre